US9626605B2 - Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for processing rendering data including a pixel pattern for representing a semitransparent object - Google Patents

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  • the present invention generally relates to information processing and, more particularly, to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium, and to semitransparent objects.
  • a hatch pattern to express a semitransparent state by an application or an operating system (OS) graphics function on a host computer is conventionally used.
  • An object expressed in a semitransparent state using such a hatch pattern i.e., an object including the hatch pattern
  • Such semitransparent objects are known to interfere with a dither pattern, causing image quality to deteriorate in various ways. Accordingly, a proposal has been made for remedying such interference (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-118199).
  • image quality also deteriorates when a plurality of semitransparent objects are rendered overlapping each other.
  • image quality is substantially deteriorated when a semitransparent state is designated for a three-dimensional object or an object to which a shadow has been added, since two semitransparent objects having the same position, the same size, and the same degree of transparency are output.
  • an apparatus includes a determination unit and a control unit.
  • the determination unit is configured to determine whether rendering positions of two pieces of rendering data, each representing a semitransparent state by including pixels that are to be rendered by a rendering unit and pixels that are not to be rendered, overlap.
  • the control unit is configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the rendering positions of the two pieces of rendering data overlap, perform control such that one of the two pieces of rendering data is not rendered by the rendering unit.
  • a method includes determining whether rendering positions of two pieces of rendering data, each piece representing a semitransparent state by including pixels that are to be rendered by a rendering unit and pixels that are not to be rendered, overlap. The method also includes, if it is determined that the rendering positions of the two pieces of rendering data overlap, performing control such that one of the two pieces of rendering data is not rendered by the rendering unit.
  • a non-transitory storage medium stores a program that makes a computer determine whether a rendering position of two pieces of rendering data in a semitransparent state, which include pixels that are to be rendered by a rendering unit and pixels that are not to be rendered, overlaps, and if it is determined that the rendering position of the two pieces of rendering data overlap, perform control such that one of the two pieces of rendering data is not rendered by the rendering unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a warning processing display.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of overall conversion processing.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a hatch pattern included in a semitransparent object.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a detailed flowchart of conversion processing.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a method for calculating a degree of transparency.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a flowchart illustrating warning display processing.
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B illustrate examples of image quality deterioration caused by interference between semitransparent objects (in the cases of a transparency degree of 30% and a transparency degree of 70%, respectively).
  • FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D illustrate examples 1 to 4, respectively, of period shift between semitransparent objects.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a flowchart of processing for remedying image quality deterioration caused by interference between semitransparent objects.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates an example illustrating in detail image quality deterioration caused by interference between semitransparent objects.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a method for remedying image quality deterioration when semitransparent objects partially overlap each other.
  • FIGS. 13A and 13B illustrate examples of the order in which semitransparent objects overlap.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a flowchart of processing for remedying image quality deterioration when semitransparent objects partially overlap each other.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates an example in which semitransparent objects partially overlap each other.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus (personal computer (PC)) according to the present exemplary embodiment.
  • This information processing apparatus (PC) is configured with a display unit 200 , an operation unit 201 , a transmission unit 202 , an execution unit 203 , a control unit 204 , and a conversion unit 205 .
  • a user operates the information processing apparatus (PC) by operating the operation unit 201 (e.g., a keyboard or a mouse) based on visual information on the display unit 200 (e.g., a liquid crystal display).
  • the transmission unit 202 which is a piece of hardware capable of transmitting page description language (PDL) data, is configured with a known communication interface.
  • PDL page description language
  • the execution unit 203 , the control unit 204 , and the conversion unit 205 are configured with a central processing unit (CPU), a random-access memory (RAM), and a read-only memory (ROM).
  • CPU central processing unit
  • RAM random-access memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • the term “unit” generally refers to any combination of software, firmware, hardware, or other component that is used to effectuate a purpose.
  • the execution unit 203 is capable of executing Microsoft PowerPointTM
  • the control unit 204 is capable of executing PDL generation processing
  • the conversion unit 205 is capable of executing the processing illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the ROM includes a Microsoft PowerPointTM program, a PDL data generation processing program, and a program that executes the processing illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • Microsoft PowerPointTM, the PDL data generation processing, and the processing illustrated in FIG. 3 are executed by the CPU loading and executing these programs in the RAM as necessary.
  • the object for which a semitransparent state was designated is transferred to the conversion unit 205 as information about the hatch pattern, color (the color with which the ON pixels of the hatch pattern are painted), rendering position, and rendering area.
  • the conversion unit 205 converts the hatch pattern, the color, the rendering position, and the rendering area transferred from the execution unit 203 into PDL data that can be processed by an image forming apparatus (e.g., a printer), and stores the converted PDL data in the RAM.
  • ON pixels are also referred to as non-transparent pixels, and OFF pixels are also referred to as transparent pixels.
  • the conversion unit 205 reads the PDL data from the RAM, performs the conversion processing described below with reference to FIG. 3 , and transmits the converted data to the transmission unit 202 .
  • the transmission unit 202 transmits the PDL data transferred from the conversion unit 205 to the image forming apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the main processing flow that is executed by the conversion unit 205 according to the present exemplary embodiment.
  • the control unit 204 transfers the PDL data to the conversion unit 205 .
  • the conversion unit 205 reads that PDL data and executes the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • step S 301 the conversion unit 205 identifies all the objects included in the PDL data, and determines whether each identified object is a semitransparent object. Then, the conversion unit 205 forms a list of the objects determined to be a semitransparent object (the formation of this list is called semitransparent object extraction).
  • the determination whether an object is a semitransparent object is performed based on whether an object includes a hatch pattern.
  • the method for determining whether a pattern included in an object is the hatch pattern may be performed by determining whether the pattern has periodicity, as illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • step S 302 the conversion unit 205 refers to the semitransparent objects extracted in step S 301 , and if there are two semitransparent objects that have an overlap, executes the processing of step S 303 .
  • step S 303 the conversion unit 205 executes correction of the PDL data so that the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects that have an overlap do not interfere with each other.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a detailed flow of the processing performed in step S 303 of FIG. 3 .
  • step S 501 the conversion unit 205 determines and aggregates the degree of transparency of the two semitransparent objects having an overlap.
  • the degree of transparency can be determined based on the ratio of OFF (white) pixels to all the pixels in the hatch pattern. Since the OFF pixels are pixels which the background passes through, the more OFF pixels, the higher the degree of transparency.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a semitransparent object having 180 OFF pixels among a total of 256 pixels, so that the degree of transparency is 70%.
  • step S 502 the conversion unit 205 splits the subsequent processing based on whether the total degree of transparency determined in step S 501 is 100% or less. As illustrated in FIG. 8 , this is performed because the image quality deterioration phenomenon that is caused by hatch pattern interference is different depending on the degree of transparency. As illustrated in FIG. 8A , when a plurality of semitransparent objects having a low degree of transparency (e.g., having a degree of transparency of 30%) overlap, since there are a lot of ON (black) pixels (pixels which the background does not pass through) included in each hatch pattern, a phenomenon occurs in which the background cannot be seen at all (i.e., the background does not pass through). In contrast, as illustrated in FIG.
  • step S 503 the conversion unit 205 corrects the PDL data so that the period in the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects is shifted in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
  • the details of the processing for shifting the period of the hatch patterns will be described with reference to FIG. 11 .
  • a hatch pattern lines having a lot of OFF pixels and lines having a lot of ON pixels follow each other periodically.
  • hatch pattern 1101 and hatch pattern 1102 if hatch patterns in which lines having a lot of ON pixels (i.e., the line period and the phase match) overlap each other, a line appears that has a very large number of ON pixels or OFF pixels, so that the image is blurry (refer to the rendering result of FIG. 8B ). Accordingly, by shifting the period of lines having a lot of ON pixels like hatch patterns 1103 and 1104 , a clean rendering result can be obtained in which the ON pixels and the OFF pixels are uniformly aligned in each line like hatch pattern 1105 .
  • step S 503 the flow of processing performed in step S 503 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 10 .
  • step S 1001 the conversion unit 205 extracts a line number of a line having a lot of ON pixels in the hatch pattern of a first semitransparent object.
  • the line number indicates the order in the sub-scanning direction of the lines extending in the main scanning direction (the main and sub directions may be reversed).
  • the conversion unit 205 extracts a line number of a line having a lot of ON pixels in the hatch pattern of a second semitransparent object.
  • the line having a lot of ON pixels is determined by, for example, aggregating the number of ON pixels of the line in a hatch pattern, and taking the line having the most ON pixels among those lines.
  • the highest number of ON pixels among the lines is eight, so that lines 2 , 4 , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , and 16 , which have eight ON pixels, are extracted.
  • step S 1003 the conversion unit 205 corrects the hatch pattern of the second semitransparent object vertically and horizontally so that the line numbers of the lines having a lot of ON pixels of the two semitransparent objects do not overlap. Based on the above processing, an effect can be obtained that remedies the phenomenon of image quality deterioration due to interference between hatch patterns when semitransparent objects overlap.
  • FIG. 9A illustrates a state in which two hatch patterns completely match, so that in this case their period and phase also match.
  • FIG. 9B illustrates a case in which one of the hatch patterns has been shifted by one pixel in the horizontal (main scanning) direction. In this state, although the periods in the horizontal direction match, the horizontal direction is out of phase.
  • FIG. 9C illustrates a case in which one of the hatch patterns has been shifted by one pixel in the vertical (sub-scanning) direction. In this state, although the periods of the vertical direction match, the vertical direction is out of phase.
  • FIG. 9D illustrates a case in which one of the hatch patterns has been shifted by one pixel in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. In this state, although the periods of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction match, the horizontal direction and the vertical direction are both out of phase.
  • step S 502 a method for avoiding the phenomenon illustrated in FIG. 8A , in which the background does not pass through (YES in step S 502 , i.e., case in which the total value is 100% or less).
  • the reason why the background is not visible (i.e., the background does not pass through) is that the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects are out of phase. Accordingly, if the degree of transparency is low (when the total value is 100% or less), the ON pixel concentration stays dense even if the phases of the hatch patterns are shifted, so that the background is still not visible. Therefore, when the degree of transparency is low, the phenomenon in which the background does not pass through is remedied by making the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects completely match.
  • step S 504 the conversion unit 205 determines whether the two semitransparent objects have the same color, the same position, the same size, and the same degree of transparency.
  • step S 504 If even one of the color, the position, the size, and the degree of transparency is different (NO in step S 504 ), this means that the hatch patterns cannot simply match, and the processing proceeds to step S 508 .
  • the processing performed in this case will be described separately in more detail with reference to FIGS. 15, 12 , and 7 .
  • the degree of transparency does not have to be a perfect match. This is because people cannot visually distinguish a difference in the degree of transparency of less than a few percent.
  • step S 504 If the hatch patterns have the same color, the same position, the same size, and the same (more correctly, roughly the same) degree of transparency (YES in step S 504 ), and if the two semitransparent objects are rendered consecutively (YES in step S 505 ), in step S 506 , the conversion unit 205 deletes the second semitransparent object from the PDL data.
  • step S 507 the conversion unit 205 makes the hatch pattern of one of the semitransparent objects completely match the hatch pattern of the other semitransparent object.
  • the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects can be made to completely match by copying the hatch pattern of one of the semitransparent objects onto the hatch pattern of the other semitransparent object. Further, when utilizing a printer having an advanced rendering function, copying processing may be unnecessary since the hatch patterns can just be read and offset. Offsetting is a process in which rather than reading from the top left of the hatch pattern, the hatch pattern is read from, for example, line 3 , row 3 of the hatch pattern.
  • step S 508 if it is determined in step S 504 that the two semitransparent objects do not have the same color, the same position, the same size, and the same (more correctly, substantially the same) degree of transparency.
  • the hatch patterns of the semitransparent objects are simply made to completely match as was performed in step S 507 . Consequently, the semitransparent objects change from objects 1502 , in which the portion where the semitransparent objects overlap does not let the background through, to objects 1503 , in which that portion does let the background through. However, it is not possible to reproduce the semitransparent objects such that the portion where they overlap is densely displayed on the PC like the objects 1501 . Accordingly, as illustrated in FIG. 12 , the semitransparent objects are divided into semitransparent objects 1601 and 1603 , which are not overlapping portions, and a semitransparent object 1602 , which is an overlapping portion.
  • the through-pattern of the semitransparent object 1602 is made to have a lower degree of transparency than that of the semitransparent objects 1601 and 1603 . Specifically, if the semitransparent objects 1601 and 1603 have a degree of transparency of 30%, the semitransparent object 1602 can have a degree of transparency of 9%, which is 30% of 30%.
  • a detailed flow of the processing performed in step S 508 is illustrated in the flowchart of FIG. 14 .
  • the conversion unit 205 matches the periods of the hatch patterns of the two semitransparent objects.
  • step S 1402 the conversion unit 205 separates the semitransparent objects into overlapping portions and non-overlapping portions.
  • the rendering of the non-overlapping portions is realized by changing the original rendering areas of the two semitransparent objects. Consequently, in step S 1403 , the conversion unit 205 redraws the objects so that the rendering areas of the two semitransparent objects in the PDL data except the overlapping portions are rendered. Regarding the overlapping portion, a new semitransparent object is added to the PDL data. Consequently, in step S 1404 , the conversion unit 205 determines the degree of transparency of the overlapping portion (9% in the example illustrated in FIG. 12 ), and in step S 1405 generates a hatch pattern based on the degree of transparency determined in step S 1404 .
  • step S 1406 the conversion unit 205 adds a new semitransparent object to the PDL data by utilizing the hatch pattern generated in step S 1405 . Based on the above processing, an effect can be realized in which the degree of transparency of the overlapping portion of the semitransparent objects is lower than the original degree of transparency.
  • image quality deterioration is remedied by correcting semitransparent objects with the conversion unit 205 in the execution unit 203 when semitransparent objects overlap.
  • a second exemplary embodiment will be described below.
  • the user can be warned that semitransparent objects overlap, as illustrated by the warning screen 1801 in FIG. 2 , to prevent printing from being executed if image quality has deteriorated.
  • the flow of processing of the conversion unit 205 is as illustrated in FIG. 7 . If semitransparent objects overlap, in step S 1701 , the conversion unit 205 displays the warning screen 1801 on a display 8 (not illustrated).
  • step S 1702 the conversion unit 205 determines whether an instruction for cancellation or continuation of printing has been input by the user.
  • step S 1703 the conversion unit 205 discards the PDL data. Based on this processing, the user can learn in advance that semitransparent objects overlap, and prevent printing in advance. Thus, this processing has the effect of preventing unnecessary printing.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure can also be realized by a computer of a system or apparatus that reads out and executes computer executable instructions recorded on a storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium) to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s) of the present disclosure, and by a method performed by the computer of the system or apparatus by, for example, reading out and executing the computer executable instructions from the storage medium to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s).
  • the computer may comprise one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), micro processing unit (MPU), or other circuitry, and may include a network of separate computers or separate computer processors.
  • the computer executable instructions may be provided to the computer, for example, from a network or the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may include, for example, one or more of a hard disk, a random-access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a storage of distributed computing systems, an optical disk (such as a compact disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD), or Blu-ray Disc (BD)TM), a flash memory device, a memory card, and the like.

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